A 19th century landscape by Thomas Cole of a view of the Connecticut River from the top of Mt. Holyoke was the inspiration for a group art show the last weekend of August and the first weekend of September.

The Summit Show is installed along connecting hiking trails.

Along an increasingly steep walk, 40 paintings, sculptures and built objects were put in place astride several trails, leading up to the mountain's summit, with more art inside an historic building at top.

Numerically, the show begins at the base of Mt. Holyoke in Skinner State Park. Each work of art is briefly described in a printed guide.

The first piece hikers see, if starting at the base, is a painting in green hues of a large face filling the canvas, looking at a snail shell. It's hung about ten feet up on a tre

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